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Department:
Department Of Agriculture
Agency:
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Sub Agency:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Job Announcement Number:
FSIS-MMP-2009-1287
Job Title:
Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector-AI-1862-3/4
Salary Range:
37,075.00 - 64,403.00 USD /year
Series & Grade:
AI-1862-03/04
Promotion Potential:
04
Open Period:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 to Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Position Information:
Full-time Permanent
Duty Locations:
1 vacancy - Columbus Junction, IA
Who May Be Considered:
CURRENT eligible Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) Agency
Employees of the DES MOINES
DISTRICT, or USDA Career Transtion
(CTAP) Eligibles.
Job Summary:
This Supervisory Consumer Safety
Inspector (SCSI) position is an
excellent opportunity for those
seeking a greater challenge and
responsibility in a position
directly involved in improving and
protecting public health.
SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THIS
POSITION:
SCSI, AI-1862-3/4 (salary range
$37,075-$64,403)
Open to current FSIS employees of
the DES MOINES DISTRICT.
Establishment: 244L, Tyson Fresh
Meats, Inc located in LOUISA County.
Work Schedule: Day shift,
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Species: Hog
The Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) is a public health
regulatory agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Our
mission is to protect consumers by
ensuring that the commercial
supply of meat*, poultry, and egg products moving
in interstate
commerce or exported to other
countries is safe, wholesome and
correctly labeled and packaged.
* The "Food Conservation and
Energy Act of 2008", also referred to
as the "2008 Farm Bill",
was signed into Law on June 18, 2008. The
Farm Bill amends the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (FMIA) to include
Catfish as an amenable species
under the Act.
FSIS is operating under the Public
Health Human Resources System
(PHHRS), a Pay Banding and Pay for
Performance Demonstration
Project. Please visit
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/careers/PHHRS_Demo_Project/index.asp
Key Requirements:
- Probationary period required
for Supervisory positions
- Must be a CURRENT FSIS
employee or CTAP eligible
- Training program is a
condition of employment (see Additional Information)
- Resume documenting 52 weeks
of specialized experience
- Meet time in band/grade by
completing 52 weeks at next lower band/grade
- Background Suitability
Investigation
Major Duties:
As a SCSI you will be a
subordinate supervisor to a Supervisory
Veterinary Medical Officer
(SVMO)in a large slaughter plant. You
will:
* monitor, assign, direct, review,
and evaluate the work of line
Food Inspectors (FI) and off-line
CSI's
* insure appropriate breaks are
provided and that relief inspectors
are utilized as necessary
* provide training to new
inspectors and to all inspectors as needed
on new inspection procedures and
techniques
* verify regulatory compliance
with the full range of Sanitation and
Standard Operating Procedures
(SSOP) and with Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point (HACCP)
requirements
* verify corrective actions taken
to deal with product contamination
and will prepare non-compliance
documentation
Qualifications:
To qualify at the AI-3 level, you
must have at least 52 weeks of
specialized experience equivalent
to at least the GS-7 in federal
service. To qualify at the AI-4 level, you must
have at least 52
weeks of specialized experience in
federal service at the GS-9 or
AI-3 level. You must have completed the 52 weeks of
specialized
experience within 30 days after
the closing date of this
announcement. Specialized experience includes:
* working with the Federal Meat,
Poultry, and Egg Products
Inspection Acts in order to
inspect meat, poultry, and egg products
* working with basic SSOP and
HACCP principles and practices in
order to verify plant HACCP and
SSOP responsibilities
* performing basic mathematic and
elementary statistical concepts
and methods to perform testing and
sampling procedures and
experience reaching and
interpreting conclusions
* Past or present supervisory
experience will enhance your
qualifications for this position
This is a non-bargaining unit
supervisory position.
If you are a non-competitive
applicant wanting consideration for
this position, you MUST complete
the full on-line application
process.
Only current FSIS Agency employees
and CTAP eligibles are eligible
to apply to this announcement.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
Applicants are evaluated in
accordance with Merit Staffing
procedures which govern Status candidates. An automated ranking
system based on the on-line
application process is used. We will
carefully review your resume and
your answers to the questions, to
ensure you meet the minimum
qualifications. Your resume will be
reviewed to verify that it
supports the answers you submitted and
that it address experience and
education relevant to this position.
To
preview questions please click here.
Benefits:
The Federal government offers a
number of exceptional benefits to
its employees. For an overview of
all the benefits programs visit:
Benefit Information.
Other Information:
*
This position has a training program requirement as a condition
of employment. If selected, you must successfully
complete a 2-3
week training program at a
designated location which may require
travel outside the duty location
for an extended period. The
training you will attend is called
the Food Safety Regulatory
Essentials (FSRE). The type of class you will attend will be
based
on your assignment. For example, if your assignment covers
raw
products, you will attend the two
week course for raw products. If
your assignment covers not shelf
stable, ready-to-eat/not ready-to-
eat products, you will attend the
three week course. You must begin
the training within 90 days of the
effective date of your selection,
and you must successfully complete
it within 12 months of the
effective date of your
selection. Failure to successfully
complete
the training may result in
returning you to your former position, or
like position at the same or lower
grade (depending on availability
and the needs of the Agency) or
removal from Federal Service.
*
A pre-employment physical may be required.
*
This announcement may be used to fill additional like vacancies
should any occur in the announced
duty location.
*
If selected at the AI-3 level, and the position has promotion
potential to the AI-4 level, you
may be promoted to the AI-4, upon
completion of 12 months of
satisfactory performance.
*
Entitlement to the payment of relocation expenses will be
determined in accordance with the
provisions outlined in FSIS
DIRECTIVE 3820.2
*
Salaries in some locations may be higher than the salary listed
in this announcement due to
locality pay. For a listing of
locality
pay tables and locality pay
information, see www.opm.gov/index.asp
*
Travel required may vary depending on geographical assignment.
*
The USDA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits
discrimination in all its programs
and activities on the basis of
race, color, national origin, age,
disability and where applicable,
sex, marital status familial
status, parental status, religion,
sexual orientation, genetic
information, political beliefs, reprisal
or because all or part of an
individual's income is derived from any
public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all
programs). Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means
for communication of program
information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-
2600. To file a complaint of discrimination,
write USDA, Director,
Office of Civil Rights, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC
20250-9410 or call (800)795-3272
(voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD).
How To Apply:
Begin the application process at
www.USAJOBS.gov If you have not
registered, you will need to
register with USAJOBS. You need to
answer all the core questions, the
job specific questions and submit
your resume on-line. Your resume should include detailed work
experience, education and training
relevant to this position.
Applicants who do not answer all
the questions and who do not submit
a supporting resume on-line will
be rated ineligible. You must
complete and submit your
application on-line no later than midnight,
U.S. Eastern time zone, on the
closing date. If applying on-line
poses a hardship to any applicant,
the contact person listed on this
announcement can provide
assistance to help you apply or provide
alternative methods.
Required Documents:
Current FSIS Agency employees do
not need to submit additional
documents.
Only CTAP eligibile applicants are
required to provide a copy of
their most recent performance
appraisal (at least "fully successful"
or equivalent), proof of
eligibility (a RIF separation notice or
Certification of Expected
Separation) and a SF-50 noting current
position, grade level and duty
location. CTAP documents must be
sent via fax during the USAJOBS
on-line application process and must
be received by midnight Eastern
Time on the closing date of the
vacancy announcement. Before faxing CTAP documents, make sure they
are legible and all information is
complete and signed. Illegible
documents cannot be used for
qualification or verification purpose.
Use a separate cover sheet for
each category of documentation.
Select the cover sheet to print by
selecting the appropriate check
boxes in the Selected Documents
column. Print the cover sheets. A
window will pop up containing the
fax cover sheet(s) you selected;
you must allow pop-ups. After reviewing the list of documents and
printing the fax cover sheets,
click Done. You will receive an e-
mail confirming the fax has been
successfully received by Human
Resources. You should retain your
your e-mail confirmation and the
fax transmittal report as proof of
your submission.
Contact Information:
Merri Stellburg
Phone: 800-370-3747 x8541
Fax: 612-370-2007
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: merri.stellburg@fsis.usda.gov
Or write:
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Human Resources Operations
Butler Square West, Suite 420C
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Fax: 612-370-2007
What To Expect Next:
Applicant qualifications are
evaluated after the position closes.
The best qualified and
non-competitive applicants will be referred
to the selecitng official for
consideration. You will be able to
check your application status in
USAJOBS by going to the MY
USAJOBS tab.
EEO Policy Statement: http://www.usajobs.gov/eeo
Reasonable Accommodation Policy
Statement: http://www.usajobs.gov/raps
Veterans Information: http://www.usajobs.gov/vi
Legal and Regulatory Guidance: http://www.usajobs.gov/lrg
USAJOBS Control Number: 1694384
Control Number: 83694524
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